From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from The Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd to E.W. Hives providing the allotted chassis number B.189.AE.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\2\ scan0003 | |
| Date | 29th November 1933 | |
| LONDON OFFICE:- BUSH HOUSE, ALDWYCH, W. C. 2. TELEPHONE: TEMPLE BAR 7193. TELEGRAMS: "BRISTAIRCO, BUSH, LONDON". TELEGRAMS:- INLAND: AVIATION PHONE, FILTON. FOREIGN: AVIATION, FILTON. CODES:- WESTERN UNION. BENTLEY'S & A.B.C. "Bristol" Aeroplanes and Aero Engines. THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY LTD SIR G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} STANLEY WHITE, BT{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} (MANAGING DIRECTOR.) FILTON HOUSE, BRISTOL, ENG. TELEPHONES: OFFICES AND WORKS, 45051 | PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE. Your Ref. Our Ref. ENGINES F/HCM-7. 29th November 1933. E.W. Hives Esq., Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd, Derby. Dear Mr Hives, The chassis number your London Office have allotted me is, B.189.AE. Yours sincerely, A.H.R. Fedden. Handwritten notes: Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Fedden has asked us to take an interest in his chassis. I shall be in America when it comes through. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Illegible scribbles, including:] Hives on Test phoned ditto Rowledge 24/1-34 7-dec-33 | ||